Person
Wall, Leonard Ernest (1921 - 2004)
- Born
- 13 August 1921
St Mary's, Tasmania, Australia - Died
- 11 June 2004
Tasmania, Australia - Occupation
- Ornithologist
Summary
Leonard Wall was a keen ornithologist who held committee positions in a number of ornithological and natural history associations in Tasmania.
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Born St Mary's Tasmania, 13 August 1921. Educated Launceston Church Grammar School and The Hutchins School, Hobart. Served in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve 1940-46, 1951-54. Honorary Secretary, Tasmanian Field Naturalists Club 1953-55, President 1959-60, 1971-72; Tasmanian Branch Secretary, RAOU 1963-69, sometime Southern Tasmanian Regional Representative; sometime Honorary Secretary, Bird Observers Association of Tasmania.
Chronology
- 1940 - 1946
- Military service - Second World War. Petty Oficer, Royal Australian Navy
Published resources
Book Sections
- Taylor, R.J.; Balmer, J.; Coy, R.; Potts, B.M.; and Wall, L.E., 'Flora and fauna of the sclerophyll ecosystem' in Tasmanian Wilderness-World Heritage Values (Hobart: Royal Society of Tasmania, 1993), pp. 91-100. Details
- Wall, Leonard, 'Fletcher, Jane Ada (1870-1956), ornithologist and author' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 14: 1940 - 1980 Di-Kel, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1996), pp. 185-186. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/fletcher-jane-ada-10202. Details
Resources
- 'Wall, Leonard Ernest (19210813-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1477043. Details
See also
- Robin, Libby, The Flight of the Emu: a Hundred Years of Australian Ornithology 1901-2001 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2001), 492 pp. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 20 April 2001, Last modified: 6 November 2025
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